Parish records of York, St John, Ousebridge

Includes register of christenings, 1570-1685, 1740-1932 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1779-1812); register of marriages, 1570-1933; register of burials, 1570-1847 (note this register uses the Dade registration scheme for the years 1777-1812, ages only 1797-1812); register of banns, 1896-1934; records concerning benefice income, including sequestration papers, 1931-1933; charity records, including notes regarding parish charities, [18th century]; churchwardens’ records, including accounts, 1585-1668, 1689-1933, and proposed demolition correspondence, 1938-1947; records of incumbent, including missions account bank book, 1923-1932, and statistical returns, 1921-1931; records concerning parish rooms and societies, including the guild for the care of altar and sanctuary rota, 1931; Vestry/Parochial Church Council records, including minutes of meetings, 1710-1921, 1926-1932, and accounts, 1928-1932; description of church bells, 1960.

The church of St John, Ouse Bridge End, was first mentioned in a papal confirmation of minster properties in 1194. The parish was subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York and was annexed, along with five other churches, to St Martin Coney Street between 1331 and 1443.
A proposal was made in 1548 to unite St John’s with All Saints North Street but this was later abandoned and the parish was not otherwise affected by the consolidation of York parishes that took place following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. In 1934 when the benefice and parish were united with Holy Trinity, Micklegate.
Holy Trinity became the parish church of the expanded parish and St John’s Church was closed in 1939. It was re-opened in 1956 by the York Academic Trust as an Institute of Architectural Study, and was later sold and converted into a licensed bar.
An alteration of the parish boundaries with Acomb, Dringhouses and St Paul and the formation of St James the Deacon, Acomb Moor all took place on the 8th May 1968.

This arrangement was designed to reflect the principal activities of the parish and its associated organisations, and to aid researchers in identifying the records these activities generate. This arrangement was introduced in 2020. Records are arranged within the following alphabetical series but retain their original archival reference at file/item level:
A: Parish Registers
B: Church Ceremonial
C: Parish Clergy
D: Property - Religious
E: Property - Secular
F: Parish Administration and Officers
G: Parish Social and Evangelical Activities
H: Overseer of the Poor and Parish Charity
J: Schools
K: Promotional and Informational Material

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws. 24 hours' notice is required to access photographic material.

The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1967. In 1998 a description of the church bells was found at the Institute and transferred to the archive.

The church of St John, Ouse Bridge End, was first mentioned in a papal confirmation of minster properties in 1194. The parish was subject to the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York and was annexed, along with five other churches, to St Martin Coney Street between 1331 and 1443.
A proposal was made in 1548 to unite St John’s with All Saints North Street but this was later abandoned and the parish was not otherwise affected by the consolidation of York parishes that took place following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. In 1934 when the benefice and parish were united with Holy Trinity, Micklegate.
Holy Trinity became the parish church of the expanded parish and St John’s Church was closed in 1939. It was re-opened in 1956 by the York Academic Trust as an Institute of Architectural Study, and was later sold and converted into a licensed bar.
An alteration of the parish boundaries with Acomb, Dringhouses and St Paul and the formation of St James the Deacon, Acomb Moor all took place on the 8th May 1968.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.

Registers of christenings, 1570-1932, marriages, 1570-1933, burials, 1570-1847, and banns, 1896-1900, are also available on microfilm at the Borthwick Institute (References: MF 841, 1763).
Our collection of parish baptism, marriage and burial registers has been digitised by both Ancestry and Find My Past. Copies of digitised records can be viewed online on Ancestry or Find My Past, as part of larger UK-wide parish registers datasets. You can find out more about these record sets, and how to find our registers, here: https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/are-you-looking-for-parish-registers.

Created by S. A. Shearn, 19.11.15
Revised (Schema arrangement and retroconversion) 05.11.2021 by N Adams

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

Further accruals are not expected.

Some civil parish records for York, St John have been deposited at York Explore.

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